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2023 IKDD DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IN DATA SCIENCE AWARD: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

This annual award launched by IKDD in 2022, recognizes the best doctoral dissertation(s) in the broad areas of Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery and applications of Data-driven techniques. The IKDD Doctoral Dissertation Award winner and up to two runners-up will be recognized at the annual CODS-COMAD conference, and their dissertations will have the opportunity to be published on the IKDD Web site ( https://ikdd.acm.org/ ). The award winner will receive a plaque and a cheque for INR 1,00,000. The runners-up will receive a plaque and a cheque of INR 50,000. The winner and runners-up will also receive a free registration to attend the CODS-COMAD conference and will be invited to present their work in a special session at the conference.

Nomination Deadline: August 31, 2023

Eligibility

Nominated candidates must be from a PhD granting institute in India. Further, the nominated candidate should have successfully defended his/her thesis between August 8, 2022 and August 31, 2023 (i.e., in the period between last year’s deadline and this year’s deadline for application). Every PhD granting institute in India will be allowed to nominate 1 candidate from across all disciplines working in relevant areas. Institutes that produce more than 10 dissertations in relevant areas during the one year period under consideration can nominate 2 students. Institutes should self-declare in case they are nominating 2 students and furnish supporting evidence.

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: August 31, 2023
• Notification of Awards: December 31, 2023
• Award Presentation at CODS-COMAD 2024

Nomination Requirements

Nominations must be made by the doctoral advisor. All nomination materials must be in English and in PDF format. Late submissions will not be accepted. A nomination must include:

• The name, address, phone number and email address of the advisor
• The name, mailing address and email address of the candidate
• A one-page (200-300 words) nomination statement addressing why the nominee should receive the award. The nomination should explain the significance of the work in the context of Data Science. In particular, the nomination should focus on the significance of the work and not just repeat the contents of the abstract of the thesis.
• A concise statement (maximum of 25 words) describing the key technical or professional accomplishment for which the nominee merits this award. This would serve as the suggested citation for the award, in case the nominee is selected. Note that the final wording for awardees will be at the discretion of the Awards Committee.
• An endorsement letter by the department head or a suitable substitute (in case of a conflict of interest).
• At least 3, and not more than 5, supporting letters from experts in the field who can provide additional insights or evidence of the dissertation’s impact. The nominator/advisor may not write a letter of support. Each letter should include the name, address, and telephone number of the supporter.
• One copy of the thesis in English in electronic (PDF) format
• A copy of the thesis review comments given by the external examiners.
• A list of publications in conferences and journals based on the work reported in the dissertation, along with their citations if any. The nomination should also include all the reviews received during the publication process.
• A copyright transfer form signed by the appropriate authority in the candidate’s parent institute giving permission for the dissertation to appear on ikdd.acm.org website if the dissertation is selected as an award recipient

The dissertation can be nominated in parallel for other national and global awards, such as the ACM, the ACM India and the SIGKDD Doctoral Dissertation awards.

Submission Procedure

All nomination materials must be submitted using this Easy Chair link . All required documents must be uploaded as a zip file.

All nomination materials must be submitted electronically to [email protected] :. Please use "[IKDD Dissertation Award]" in your subject line. All required documents must be attached in a single email.

Award Committee

2023 Award Winners

Thesis: Robustness, Evaluation and Adaptation of Machine Learning Models in the Wild

Institute: IIT Bombay

IKDD congratulates Vihari Piratla for his work on tackling the critical challenge of handling distributional drifts in ML deployment, and making impactful contributions in generalization, adaptation, and evaluation of models under changing domains.

Thesis: Towards and Beyond Continually Learning Neural Networks

Institute: IIT Hyderabad

IKDD congratulates Joseph K J for making impactful contributions to continual learning in computer vision, and going beyond to establish newer settings such as open-world object detection and novel class discovery without forgetting, which have real-world applications in autonomous navigation and marine biology

Thesis: Self-Supervised Domain Adaptation Frameworks for Computer Vision Tasks

Institute: IISc Bangalore

IKDD congratulates Jogendra Nath Kundu for making groundbreaking contributions to unsupervised domain adaptation and self-supervised learning techniques for structured prediction based vision tasks, advancing the practical deployment of intelligent machines in real-world scenarios.

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ISA Best Ph.D. Thesis Award

This award was instituted in 1991 to motivate high quality fundamental and applied research amongst Ph.D. scholars in India in the field of Agronomy. This is an annual award open to all Indian students in the field of Agronomy. Only those theses are considered for this Award for which final viva-voce is completed by 31st December of the year for which the award is applied.  The award carries a citation and cash prize of Rs.10,000/-.

Research workers in the field of Agronomy interested to apply for this Award are required to send their applications through proper channel along with a copy of thesis submitted by them for their Ph.D. degree in Agronomy, together with 6 copies of synopsis, highlighting the significance of research. The nomination should be accompanied by a certificate from the concerned Head of the Department that the research work of the candidate has been a significant factor in obtaining the data presented in the thesis leading to the conferment of Ph.D. degree in Agronomy.

All the nominations together with appropriate certificates should be sent to Secretary, Indian Society of Agronomy through the concerned Head of Department by the notified date to be announced while inviting nominations.

All the theses submitted would be judged by a panel of judges appointed by Executive committee. The Executive Committee, whose decision is final, shall approve the report of the judges. The candidate whose work is judged to be the best will be awarded a citation and Rs.10,000/- as cash at the General Body Meeting of the Society. The recipient of the award is expected to deliver an illustrated talk based on his significant research work submitted for the award.

TA/DA as admissible shall be paid to recipient of the award for his journey from his place of work to the place where biennial meeting is being held, in the case the recipient fails to get the same from his organization.

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INYAS Awards 2022

Inyas national awards for research excellence 2022.

For the year 2022, the INYAS research excellence awards are announced in 5 areas. The requirements for each award vary and thus the candidates are advised to go through the requirements carefully

Last date has been closed on 7th January, 2022

• Applicants can apply for a maximum of 2 awards. These should be submitted separately.
• Those who have applied in previous rounds are not eligible.
• For most awards, only those who have received their PhD degree or submitted or anticipate to submit their thesis in 2021 (1 st  Jan 2021 to 07 th  Jan 2022) are eligible to apply. Proofs will have to be uploaded. This might vary with awards. Please check eligibility for each award carefully.
• Candidates can make only one submission for each award. In case more than one application is received from an applicant for a particular award, the submission shall be disqualified.
• In order to apply, the candidates should first select the award from dropdown menu below. This will direct them to the specific submission form of the award.
• Candidates will receive a confirmation email of submission.
• You must keep the documents ready as per the requirements given below. You will also be required to submit a proof of eligibility (thesis submission certificate/degree certificate as .jpg). In case you are anticipating to submit within the time frame, a letter from guide shall suffice at this stage. Later the certificate will have to be produced when asked.
• A reference /consent letter from Guide will be required if you are shortlisted for final round.

Deadline for submission of all awards has been extended till 07 th January 2022.

The awards will be announced by February 2022. In case of any queries, please contact [email protected]

A) Best Research in Natural Nanofibers with Societal Impact

Sponsored by Mudrika Khandelwal, Associate Professor, Cellulose and composites Group, IIT Hyderabad. Research area: Natural nanofibrous bear a huge potential in providing sustainable solutions for various societal problems in health and environment. This award is to acknowledge the research contribution in applied research where natural nanofibers (fibres below 100 nm originating from natural sources) or their modified forms are utilised in the area of healthcare and environmental remediation.

Eligibility:

• Ph.D. students from any discipline, graduated or submitted thesis in the year 2021 from any institute, university or R&D lab are eligible to apply.
• They must have published at least one paper in a peer reviewed international journal as first author.

Form of submission: A graphical abstract with a 500 words description of the work which can be easily understood by non-scientific community. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to make a 10 min presentation before the selection committee in the second and final round. The write-up should quantify the impact of research on society and environment. Award: INR 10,000 cash prize + certificate.

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B) Best PhD Thesis in the area of Carbon Materials

Sponsored by Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Associate Professor, Carbon Lab, IIT Hyderabad. Research Area:  Carbon is nature’s building block and one of the most versatile engineering materials. Carbon materials have received tremendous attention in a variety of applications including energy, environment and healthcare. This award is instituted to appreciate the best doctoral research in the area of carbon materials. Eligibility:

• Ph.D. students from any area of Basic Sciences or Applied Engineering who worked in the broad area of carbon materials and are graduated in the year 2021 from any institute, university or R&D lab. PhD students who submitted their thesis before the last date of submission are also eligible to apply.
• They must have published at least two paper in a peer reviewed international journal (Scopus/Web of Science indexed) as first author.

Form of submission: Applicants need to submit their PhD thesis synopsis (approved by their supervisor) along with the soft copies of their publications. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to make a 15 min presentation before the selection committee in the second and final round. Award:  INR 10,000 cash prize, citation and an award plaque.

C) Excellence in Nano Innovation Award

Sponsored by E-Spin Nanotech Pvt Ltd Research Area:  The award will be given for ground breaking invention in the field of nanotechnology especially in Chemical engineering, Material Sciences and Biological Sciences.  The invention should have a large social impact . Eligibility : Ph.D. students from any area of Basic Sciences or Applied Engineering who are graduated in the year 2021 from any institute, university or R&D lab. PhD students who submitted their thesis before the last date of submission are also eligible to apply. Form of submission: Presentation (up-to 15 slides) and synopsis (1 page). The presentation should include a business model. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to make a 15 min presentation before the selection committee in the second and final round. Award:  INR 25,000 + Certificate A potential idea may be financially supported by E-Spin Nanotech.

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D) Best PhD Thesis in the area of Electrochemistry

Sponsored by Metrohm India Pvt. Ltd . Research Area:  Metrohm offers a wide range of services and support for carrying out the state of the art research in the vast field of electrochemistry. This award is instituted to honor the best PhD Thesis the broad area of electrochemistry including advancing the fundamental understanding as well as developing new technological solutions at the forefront of electrochemical research. Some of the applications of electrochemistry include but not limited to areas like energy storage & conversion, corrosion, coatings, electrolysis and sensors. Eligibility :

• Ph.D. students from any area of Basic Sciences or Applied Engineering who worked in the broad area of electrochemistry and are graduated in the year 2021 from any institute, university or R&D lab. Ph.D. students who submitted their thesis before the last date of submission (i.e. January 07, 2022) are also eligible to apply.

Form of submission: Applicants need to submit their Ph.D. thesis synopsis (approved by their supervisor) along with the soft copies of their publications. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to make a 15 min presentation before the selection committee in the second and final round. Award:  INR 10,000 cash prize, citation and an award plaque

E) Sir John Mason Thesis Award for Interdisciplinary Research

Sponsored by Mr Sivaraman, Karaikudi. Research Area:  Fundamental research carried out in the interdisciplinary fields of Atmospheric Sciences, Astrochemistry and Planetary Sciences. Eligibility :

• Ph.D. students from interdisciplinary fields of Atmospheric Sciences, Astrochemistry and Planetary Sciences graduated or submitted thesis in the year 2021 from any University (and affiliated colleges) and autonomous colleges are eligible to apply. In the case of woman candidates, if they have graduated (with Viva) in the year 2020 are also eligible to apply.
• They must have published at least one paper in a peer-reviewed international journal as the first author.

(To promote interdisciplinary research, preference will be given to candidates who had completed Bachelor and Master degree in different areas).

Form of submission: A graphical abstract with 100 words describing the work which can be easily understood by non-scientific community is required. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to make a 15 min presentation before the selection committee in the second and final round. Award:  INR 10,000 cash prize, citation and an award plaque

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Indian institute of technology guwahati, best thesis award nomination.

The award is defined as honouring the best PhD thesis defended successfully on/before the deadline declared by the Academic Section in an academic year.

Eligibility Criteria

• A candidate should have a good academic standing (no backlog in the course work; no repeat in Comprehensive Examination and State-of-the-Art Seminar) and should not have violated any code and conduct of students.
• The student submitting nomination should have successfully completed the Viva-Voce Examination of the Doctoral Thesis.
• The student should have completed all graduating requirements of the degree after the 22nd convocation.
•  Other eligibility conditions as prescribed by the concerned Department/Center and approved by the Chairman, Senate.

Nomination Process

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Last Date of receiving online application: 05.06.2021

For M.Tech.

The award is defined as honouring the best M.Tech thesis defended successfully on/before the deadline declared by the Academic Section in an academic year.

• The candidate should have a good academic standing (no backlog in the program) and should not have violated any code and conduct of students.
• The student submitting nomination should have successfully completed the Viva-Voce Examination of the Master Thesis/ Project Work (Final Phase).

For any information please email to: [email protected]

ESI- BEST Ph.D. THESIS AWARD 2022

ESI- BEST Ph.D. THESIS AWARD-2022

Nominations from members/life members are invited for ESI Best PhD Thesis Award 2022 for his/her contributions in the field of Entomological Research

1.     Name of the Award

        ESI-Best Ph.D. Thesis Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Research in Entomology.

2.     Sponsor

         The Entomological Society of India, New Delhi.

3.   Objectives of the Award

-   To provide recognition to outstanding original research done by Ph.D. degree students

-   To provide incentive for enhancing the quality of Ph.D. thesis research

-   To promote high quality Ph.D. thesis research in emerging priority areas

4.  Nature of the Award

This award is meant exclusively for Ph.D. thesis related to entomological sciences from any Indian University.  A total of three awards will be given and each award consists of Rs. 5,000 (Rupees five thousand only) in cash plus a citation.

5.    Eligibility

v   Any Indian who has completed Ph.D. in Entomology with thesis work focused on insect/mites/ other non-insect pests excluding nematodes and must be a   member or life member of the society.

V   the certificate of the degree/provisional degree must be dated between 1 st  july 2021 to 30 th  june, 2022. those who got best ph.d. thesis awards already in any such competition are not eligible, and a declaration to this effect in the application is required., v   the research work must be original., v   the results obtained must have the potential of enhancing the knowledge in the frontier areas., v   must have published/accepted at least two good research papers in a journal having naas rating of 6 and above (2023 naas rating). these must be relevant to the objectives of the ph.d. thesis. .

6.    Administration of the Award 

          There shall be a Judging Committee consisting of three independent members, with the President of the Society as chairperson. Wherever deemed necessary the Judging Committee may identify a panel of experts to assist it in the evaluation of the applications. Taking into consideration the evaluation by the experts the Judging Committee shall evaluate the theses and make recommendations to the President of the Society.

7.     Evaluation Criteria with Weightage

7.1     Conceptual clarity and coherence of the research problem (10)

7.2     Scientific, technological and socio-economic relevance and priority of the research problem (10)

7.3     Compilation, analysis and interpretation of existing literature, quality of illustrations and photographs (5)

7.4     Organization of research work.  Complementarity of the various experiments and investigations and their integration into a logical plan of work (10)

7.5     Conduct of the research programmes: Scientific soundness and technological modernity of the experimental methods and logical planning (10)

7.6     Scientific validity and accuracy of the analysis of experimental data (10)

7.7     Principal findings: To what extent do they meet the objectives of the research programme (10)

7.8     In what way the findings constitute a significant advance in our knowledge and understanding (10)

7.9     Research papers published and their quality as judged by the NAAS rating (20)

7.10   Patent/s copyrights applied and accepted (5)

8.   Procedure

Applications made in the prescribed form which will be available from the ESI website. The Judging Committee will screen the applications, identify outstanding entries, and make recommendations to the Society along with the draft citations. The final decision on the award (in the absence of suitable outstanding theses) rests with the President of Society.

Complete nominations are to be submitted through email in a single PDF (not more than 50 pages) including application form with all enclosures by email: [email protected] (hardcopy will not be entertained) on or before 11.59 PM of the 31 July 2023 . No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.

9.    Presentation

The presentation of the award will be made at any official event of the Society and will be informed to the awardees. The awardee would give a presentation on the achievements of his work to the audience consisting of eminent scientists. 

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Jawaharlal Nehru Award

Category name: agriculture, foundation year of award: 1969, award features: cash prize rs. 20000citation, award periodicity: annual, award recipient category: individual(m/f), announcement time: awards selection well in advance of the annual general meeting of the, objective: to provide incentive for enhancing the quality of doctoral thesis research. to provide recognition to outstanding research done by doctoral degree students. to promote high quality doctoral thesis in emerging areas of agriculture and allied sciences, criteria: all post-graduate students who have obtained the ph.d. degree during the year preceding the year of the award shall be eligible for the awards. for notable and original research in the field of agriculture/animal sciences and not for routine investigations., international:(country/ brain gain): national.

2024 Best Doctoral Dissertation Advances Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Design

• by Molly Bechtel
• May 21, 2024

Sumeet Kumar Sinha is this year's recipient of the University of California, Davis, College of Engineering Zuhair A. Munir Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation. The award recognizes the methods, findings and significance of Sinha's research, which featured several first-of-its-kind approaches and analyses in the field of geotechnical earthquake engineering and is actively informing seismic design practices.   

The college established the annual award in 1999 in honor of Zuhair A. Munir, the former dean of engineering who led the college from 2000 to 2002 and acted as associate dean for graduate studies for 20 years. The award recognizes a doctoral student, their exemplary research and the mentorship of their major professor.  

A two-time Aggie alum, Sinha received his master's degree in 2017 and Ph.D. in 2022 from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he was mentored by Associate Professor Katerina Ziotopoulou and Professor Emeritus Bruce Kutter . He is now an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and co-founder of BrahmaSens, a startup that specializes in the development of sensing technologies and solutions for application in various sectors including health-monitoring of civil infrastructures.  

"It's really a special honor to get this [award]," said Sinha. "It acknowledges both the depth and significance of the research I conducted during my Ph.D."   

Sinha's dissertation is of notable significance in California, where agencies like the Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, which funded his research, are eager to identify improved design methods in seismically active regions of the state.  

In " Liquefaction-Induced Downdrag on Piles: Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling, and Design Procedures ," Sinha focuses on the effects of earthquakes on deep foundations, like piles, in soils that can liquefy. Liquefaction occurs when wet sand-like soils lose their strength due to increased pore water pressure during earthquake shaking. This causes the soil to behave like a liquid, leading to significant ground deformations.   

After the shaking stops, the soil slowly regains its strength as the water drains out, but this settling and densifying process, called reconsolidation, can drag down piles downward. Additional downdrag loads have not always been properly accounted for in conventional design.   

Through centrifuge model tests at the UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling , Sinha developed numerical models to evaluate scenarios. His findings include procedures for accurately estimating downdrag loads and the corresponding demands on pile foundations, as well as practical methods to design bridges in a more efficient and economical way.  

"Dr. Sinha's methods, approaches, documentation, results and overall findings have been, by any standards, novel and meticulous," said Ziotopoulou in her nomination letter. "His research represents a significant and original contribution to the field of geotechnical earthquake engineering, and his findings have already been implemented into practice by major design firms."  

Sinha's research was recognized with a DesignSafe Dataset Award , an Editor's Choice in his field's top journal and the Michael Condon Scholarship from the Deep Foundations Institute. He has published seven papers in peer-reviewed journals.  

Of perhaps greater meaning to Sinha is making improvements in the design codes to make them more informed, feasible, economical, resilient and sustainable through the complete understanding of the mechanism obtained through his findings from experiments, developed numerical models and design procedures, which are available publicly via platforms such as GitHub and DesignSafe.   

"My philosophy has always been to convert whatever I'm doing into a product, a tool which has a wider impact," explained Sinha. "During my Ph.D., I tried to go beyond the deliverables so that I maximize the impact of [my research]."  

Sinha is grateful for his mentors' and peers' influence and support during the five-year Ph.D. program at UC Davis.  

"I have learned a lot from [Professors Katerina Ziotopoulou and Bruce Kutter] academically as well as professionally," said Sinha. "The Geotechnical Graduate Student Society also had a very important role in my overall experience at UC Davis."  

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